Quite the delicious treat we have here, this dark little number does our palates well. A good brief departure from over hopped or over hyped beer. A beer like this centers us, a pleasure to try this and we will certainly be revisiting it.

This Staropramen pours a dark brown colour with a tan head that disappears quickly, leaving a thin lace. It has a big roasted smell with some hint of chocolate and some caramel. The taste is a bit roasted with some hint of chocolate, coffee and caramel. The mouthfeel is a bit weak, but this is a lager. (303 characters)

Comes in a 33cl green bottle with a dark label featuring only words. "Beer" appears in eight languages on the front label, none of which is Czech. The rest of the front is in English, while the back label has the basic info in most former Soviet languages. Ingredients conform to the purity law. Best before 11/26/03, I opened it on 10/22/03.

Pours a healthy clear reddish amber, much like a cola, but with almost no head whatsoever (also like a cola). The nose was mildly caramel (kind of like a cola...), while the mouth was prickly sweet, well, um, kind of like a cola. Doesn't taste like a cola, however. There's a touch of sour (too close to the best before date?) to go with the caramel sweetness. There's not much hop follow through at all, leaving a - ahem - cola-like sweet aftertaste. Nope, there are much better dark Czech lagers... (846 characters)

It was with great curiosity I bought this beer. A dark lager from Czech Rep. aint that common. It pours dark brown and the color resembles cola drinks very much, the similarities end there. :o) The head grows alot after the pourup so go easy. After a few minutes the head has settled leaving a thin lace on top.

The first thing that meet you is a big smell of raisins, which combines together with a slight touch of coffee. The taste isn't so big unfortunately, it's fruity and reminds a bit of porters. It's semi-sweet and not bitter at all, quite easy to drink. Overall I can't say I'm disappointed because I didn't expect much at all, but it's definately worth trying out. :) (681 characters)

(330 ml bottle). This beer has a beautiful ruby colour, and pours with a moderate head. Aroma is malty sweet with hints of oak. Flavour is mellow, just a tad too sweet in my book. Low bitterness. This is not a bad beer, but it lacks "bite". (240 characters)